Weather-shield.



. E. WASHBURN.

WEATHER SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED MAYII, 1915.

- Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- Inventor,

Witnesses Attorneys THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

L. E. WASHBURN.

WEATHER SHIELD. APPLICATIQN FILED MAY H 1915.

Patented J an. 25, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Witnesses Attorneys 4,

THE coLumulA PLANOCIRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c

LILLIAN E. VJ' ASI-IBUBN, OF BLUESTOBESpNEW YORK.

WEATHER-SHIELD.

weaves.

Application filed my 11, 1915. Serial its. 27,372.

To all whom it may concern:

me it known that I. LILLIAN E. VVASH BURN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blue Stores, in the county of Columbia and State of New York, have invented a new and useful VVeather-Shield, of which the following is a specification.

The device formingthe subject matter of this application is a canopy and support, adapted to be employed on automobiles for shielding the occupants of such vehicles.

The invention aims to improve the canopy and to provide novel means whereby the canopy may be upheld in operative position.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides 1n the combination and arrangement of parts and 111 the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changesinthe precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without de parting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 shows the invention in front elevation; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan looking upwardly at the canopy and a part of the supporting structure; Fig. 3 is a perspective of the sup porting structure; Fig. 4' is a fragmental vertical section, wherein sundry parts are broken away; Fig. 5 is anelevation of one of the connecting means employed; Fig, 6 is a fragmental transverse section of the canopy.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a supporting structure or main frame, comprising tubular side posts 1 adapted to be placed upon opposite sides of the seat of an automobile or other vehicle (not shown). The upper ends of the tubular side posts 1 carry sockets 2. I

The invention further comprises a U- shaped frame 4 embodying side arms 5, a top bar 6 connecting the. side arms, and a tie bar 7 connecting the side arms and located below the top bar 6. The side arms 5 of the U-shaped frame 4 are slidably r ceived in the sockets 2 and in the side posts 1, to permit the tJ-shaped frame to be raised and lowered, and to the end. that the same may be removed when desired. The U- V Specification. of Letters Patent.

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shaped frame 4 is held in adjusted vertical positionsby means of set screws 33 which, being threaded into the sockets2, engage the side arms 5. i

' The invention comprises a horizontally disposed, U-shaped support 8, and an upwardly extended, inclinedbrace 9, the same being provided at its lower end with an eye in which the intermediate portion of the U-shaped support 8 is 'pivotally received. The rear end'of the brace 9 terminates in a socket 11 cooperating with a jaw 12 pivotfl ally mounted as shown at 1 1, the socket 11:

and the jaw 12 being provided with 00 operating cars 15 which may be detachably united by means of a bolt and wing nut structure 16 or the like. the movable jaw 12 constitute means whereby the upper, rear end of the brace 9 may be detachably assembled with the top bar 6 of the U-shapedframe to slide horizontally thereon. The rear ends of the Usl1a-ped support 8 are equipped with connections 34 engaging slidably the tie bar 7. The connections 34: are formed like the parts 11 12 and need not be described in detail. Fixed to and upstanding from thesocketll is a threaded spindle 17 on which is mounted a spool 18 comprising upper and lower flanges 19, the spool being held in place on the spindle by means of a wing nut 20 or the like.

The socket l1 and The invention comprises a foldable, collapsible canopy including resilient ribs 21,

the upper, rear ends of the ribs 21 beingreceived by the spool 18 between the flanges 19. Assembled with the ribs 21 is a flexible covering 22 of cloth or other suitable waterproof material. Adjacent their outer, lower ends, certain of the ribs 21 of the canopy are equipped with eyes 23 through which passes a flexible element 2a which may be a light chain. The ends of the flexible element 24 are secured as indicated-at 25 to certain of the ribs 21. To the rearmost ribs 21 are.

attached flexible elements 26 carrying snaps 27 adapted to engage the tie bar 7 of the U-shaped frame 41-. The intermediate portion of the flexible element 26 is formed into arearwardly extended loop 28 carrying parts 6 and 7 when the device is not in use. In order to set up the structure, tlie lower ends of the side arms are inserted into the upper ends of the side posts 1 and are held in adjusted positions by means of the set screws 38. The clamps or holding devices 34 at the rear ends of the U-shaped supports are connected with the tie bar 7,- the clamp 11-12 at the rear, upper end of the brace 9 being connected to thetop bar 6. In'xthi-s manner, the support 8 is prevented from sagging downwardly. The

@spool' 18 is slipped over the spindle l7 and the wing nut 20 isapplied to the spindle for the purpose ofholding the spool in place. The canopy, comprising the;ribs 21 is then expanded, the I snaps 27 being engaged is; held down on the support 8, in such a way that it cannot be .blown upwardly by thewindg' -When the occasion for the. use of the structure has passed, it may be taken down,

1 a manner which will be obvious from the foregoing description. *The ribs 21 may be I swung into ,alinement, after the manner of a fan, the canopy thus being disposed in a closed. form, under which circumstances the flexible element 24' may be employed for binding the canopy into a compact package.

As will be understood readily, the U- shaped support 8 and the brace 9 may he slid h toward and away from the respective side arms 5, thereby to position the canopy properlywith respect to the occupant of the seat wherewiththe said side posts 1 are assembled-5 Askilled mechanic will understand readily, without a detailed showing that the radius. of the U-shaped support 8 may be increasech so that a single support and its canopy may extend entirely across the U- shaped frame t, from one sidearm 5 to the other.

I IVhen it is desired to shorten the loop 28,

opposed links in the. loop 28 are slipped over the ear 31, and through the opening 32 may be passed a retaining 'pin (not j shown) I From Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be entirely obvious that if desired, a second canopy may be mounted on the parts (3 and 7 so as to project rearwardly.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a weather shield, a supporting frame comprising upper and lower bars; an arcuate support mounted on the lower bar; a brace forming a connection between the arcuate support and the upper bar; a canopy upheld by the support and the brace; means for connecting the ends of the canopy to the lower bar; and means for connecting the intermediate portion of the canopy with the lower bar. I

2. In a weather shield, a main frame: an auxiliary frame projecting therefrom; a canopy carried by the auxiliary frame; means for securing the rear portions of the canopy; a flexible element comprising terminal portions and a rearwardly extended intermediate portion; means for securing the rearwardly extended intermediate portion of the flexible element to the main frame; meanson the canopy for receiving the terminal portions of the flexible element slidably; and means for securing the extremities of the terminal portions of the flexible elements to the canopy.

3. In .a weather'shield, a supporting structure comprising a pivot stem; a plurality of superposed ribs mounted pivotally upon the stem and adapted to open and close fanwise; a' covering carried by the ribs, the covering and the ribs cooperating to form an approximately semi-conical canopy; and means for securing the rear edges of the canopy detachably to the supporting structure.

4. In a weather shield, a vertically extensible main frame; an auxiliary frame horizontally slidable on the main frame; an expansible, approximately semiconical canopy detachably and pivotally mounted on the auxiliary frame for opening and closing; and means for holding the canopy in open position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

LILLIAN E. VVASI-IBURN.

Witnesses:

ANDREW C. SMITH, IDA F. GUISLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

